December 20, 2015 Hillary Clinton's ties to corporate donors, lobbyists while secretary of state scrutinized Hillary Clinton's ties to large corporations have come under more scrutiny after it was revealed that dozens of companies that have donated millions to her family's foundation also lobbied the State Department during her tenure as Secretary of State.
December 20, 2015 White House reportedly re-examining whether to arm Ukrainian forces as rebels advance The Obama administration reportedly is reconsidering whether to provide defensive weapons and equipment to Ukrainian forces after Russian-backed separatist rebels dealt them a series of reversals in recent weeks.
December 20, 2015 Kerry accused of exaggerating role as senator in early global warming hearings Secretary of State John Kerry is taking heat for exaggerating about his role as a senator in organizing the chamber’s first climate-change hearings.
December 20, 2015 Benghazi committee seeks 'transcribed' interview with Clinton over deleted records The congressional committee probing the Benghazi attacks has formally requested that Hillary Clinton appear for an interview on her use of a personal email and server for official business while secretary of state, after learning the server had been wiped "clean."
December 20, 2015 US faces calls to ‘walk away’ from Iran talks A leading Republican critic of the Iranian nuclear talks is calling on the U.S. to "walk away" from the table after negotiators missed a key deadline, while other lawmakers joined in voicing concern that Iran could extract critical final-hour concessions in the scramble to salvage an agreement.
December 20, 2015 Kerry orders State Department review of records retention amid Clinton email controversy The State Department has ordered an internal audit of the agency's record keeping after revelations that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used a private email account and server during her tenure.
December 20, 2015 Iran nuclear talks reportedly hit snag over lifting of sanctions as Obama makes appeal to Iran's people A dispute over when international sanctions against Iran would be lifted following a potential nuclear agreement reportedly is the latest issue to bog down negotiations.
December 20, 2015 Iran reportedly confronts US officials at Geneva nuclear talks over GOP letter Iranian officials reportedly have confronted their U.S. counterparts twice over an open letter from Republican senators to Tehran that warned any agreement on Iran's nuclear program would be unlikely to last beyond President Barack Obama's term of office.
December 20, 2015 Clinton camp issues clarification on deleted emails, claims ‘every’ message was reviewed Hillary Clinton’s camp late Sunday issued a significant clarification about the steps they say were taken to review thousands of personal emails before they were deleted, claiming her team individually read “every email” before discarding those deemed private.
December 20, 2015 Hackers, probing Clinton server, cite security lapses Stirred by the controversy surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server when she was secretary of state, a determined band of hackers, IT bloggers, and systems analysts have trained their specialized talents and state-of-the-art software on clintonemail.com, the domain under which Clinton established multiple private email accounts, and uncovered serious lapses in security, according to data shared with ӣƵ.